Two bomb blasts in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa Sunday killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 86, security and medical officials said.

Two bomb blasts in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa Sunday killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 86, security and medical officials said.

"The hospitals have received 33 dead," a senior official in the Muthanna health department, which covers Samawa, told AFP. An officer in Muthanna Operations Command confirmed the toll.